Sash-cord anchor



May 14, 1929. J A, col-[EN 1,713,422

SASH CORD ANCHOR Filed 001:. 30, 1928 INVENTOR WITNESSES Jaw H. Cohen401 BY M M. ATTORNEY Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES JACOB A. COHEN, or BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK.

sAsn-coan ANCHOR.

Application filed October 30, 1928. Serial No.'316,028.

This invention relates to fastening devices, and has particularreference to an improvement in means for anchoring sash cords to windowsashes.

Primarily, the invention comprehends an anchoring device of this naturewhich facilitates the securement of the sash cord to the sash and whichenablesthe attachment to be made or the cord released'without thenecessity of removing the sash from its frame or disturbing the moldingstrip forming a part of the frame.

More specifically, the invention contemplates in combination with awindow sash having the usual sash cord receiving groove in the side edgeof the stile and a recess communicating with the groove and openingthrough the inner face of the stile, a means for anchoring the sash cordto the sash which consists of a plate detachably secured to the innerface of the stile and covering the recess, together with an adjustableelement carried by and projecting from the plate inwardly into thepocket for embracingly and clampingly engaging the sash cord, whichelement is further provided with externally disposed means for releasingthe same.

Other objects of the invention reside in the comparative simplicity ofconstruction of the device, the economy with which it may be producedand installed without material alteration to the sash structure and thegeneral efficiency derived therefrom.

lVith the above recited and other objects in View, reference is had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which there isexhibited one exemple or embodiment of the invention, while the claimsdefine the actual scope of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary inner face view of a window sash mounted inits frame and equipped with a sash cord. anchoring device constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Fi ure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view illustratitng the manner inwhich the sash cord is attached.

Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating the sash cord attached by ananchoring device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates awindow sash including the usual stile B and mounted in the window frameC between the parting strip D and the molding strip E. The side ofthestile B is provided with the usual sash cord receiving groove F whichcommunicates at its lower end with a recess G opening through the innersurface of the stile. The means for anchoring the sash cord to the sashconsists of a plate 5 which is attached to the inner surface of thestile B by screws or other fastening elements 6 so as to cover andconceal from view the recess G. A sash cord clamping element designatedgenerally by the reference character 7 is carried by and projects fromthe plate 5 inwardly into the recess or pocket G. The element 7 ispreferably in the nature of a resilient strip of material cut, bentandformed to provide a split tubular intermediate section 8 of slightlylesser internal diameter than the diameter of the sash cord H. Theelement 7 further includes ears 9 extending from the split tubularportion 8 and having laterally bent terminals 10 which are designed tobe disposed in flat contact with the inner face of the plate 5. Bolts 11extend through aligned openings in the plate and in the terminals 10 andreceive nuts 12. The bolts are provided with externally dis posed kerfedheads 13 by means of which the clamping element 7 may be loosened fromthe exterior to release the sash cord H. i

In use, when it is desired to renew or re-' place the sash cord H, thebolts 11 and nuts 12 are loosened-to release the clamping element 7 fromthe end of the cord H. The screws or fastening elements 6 are thenremoved and the sash cord H is trained downwardly through the groove Fand outwardly throu h the recess or pocket G which is exposed by t 1eremoval of the plate 5. The terminal of the sash cord H is then insertedwithin the tubular portion 8 of the clamping element 7 and the bolts 11are tightened, as illustrated in Figure 2. The only remaining operationis, now to replace the plate 5, at the same time inserting the element 7in the recess or pocket and re-applyin'g the screws or fasteningelements 6. Obviously, the operation is accomplished without thenecessity of receiving the molding strip E or displacing the sash A fromthe window frame.

The term sash cord is used in its broadest sense, and comprehends achain cable or any equivalent flexible element which may perform itsfunction.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a window sash having a sash cord receivinggroove in the stile and .a recess connnunicating'with said groove andopening through the inner face of the stile, of means for anchoring thesash cord to the sash comprising a plate detachably secured to the innerface of the stile and covering the recess and an element carried by andprojecting from the plate inwardly of the recess for clamping engagementWith the sash cord,said element having externally disposed means forreleasing the same from the sash cord.

2. A sash cord anchoring means including in combination with a Windowsash having a sash cord receiving groove in the side face of the stileand a recess communicating with said groove and opening through theinner face of the stile, of a plate detachably secured to the inner faceof the stile for covering the recess and an externally releasableelement carried by and projecting inwardly from the 3. A sash cordanchoring means including in combination with a Window sash having asash cord receiving groove in the side face of the stile and a recesscommunicating with saio 'roove and opening through the inner face of thestile, of a plate detachably secured to the inner face of the stile forcovering the recess and an element carried by and projecting inwardlyfrom the plate into the recess for embracingly engaging the terminal ofthe sash cord,'said element having externally disposed means forreleasing the same and for attaching it to the plate.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 27th day of October, A. D, 1928. i

JACOB A. COHEN.

